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Across
  1. 2. a tower-shaped structure with several stories and upturned, tiled roofs
  2. 5. A giant wave usually caused by an earthquake beneath the ocean floor.
  3. 10. capital of Japan during the Edo period; modern day Tokyo
  4. 16. Civil war between the Taira and Minamoto clans that brought an end to the Heian Period
  5. 17. a fief in the Japanese feudal system
  6. 18. Japan's northernmost and second largest island.
  7. 19. a member of a powerful warrior class in Japan
  8. 22. a Japanese religion that expresses love and respect for nature
  9. 23. daimyo warlord who tried to unite Japan after defeating powerful rival daimyo, but was betrayed by his own samurai
  10. 24. a samurai code that called on warriors to be honest, fair, and fearless
  11. 25. ritual suicide
Down
  1. 1. the head of the military government of Japan in the era of the samurai
  2. 3. a local lord in Japan in the era of the samurai
  3. 4. Heian noblewoman who wrote the Tale of Genji
  4. 6. daimyo warlord who united Japan, became shogun, and began the Edo period of peace and prosperity
  5. 7. Civil war that resulted in the creation of the first shogunate, ending of the Heian Period, and Japan becoming a feudal society
  6. 8. the Emperor of Japan was considered a ___ throughout most of the history of Japan because he held little actual power
  7. 9. a Japanese ruler who encouraged cultural diffusion from countries on the Asian mainland
  8. 11. capital of Japan during the Heian period; modern day Kyoto
  9. 12. a Buddhist sect that became popular among samurai that emphasizes enlightenment through meditation and discipline
  10. 13. Japan's largest island
  11. 14. The first Shogun of Japan
  12. 15. a Japanese novel and Heian masterpiece written by Murasaki Shikibu; considered one of the great works of world literature
  13. 20. famous female samurai during the Genpei War
  14. 21. Native people of Japan